2000 Liberty Bowl

August 2023 March 2026 Liberty Bowl 42nd Liberty Bowl December 29 2000 2000 AXA Colorado State University Colorado State Rams 9–2 23 22 NR Sonny Lubick Mountain West 3 13 3 3 University of Louisville Louisville Cardinals 9–2 22 23 NR John L. Smith C-USA 7 3 0 7 bg Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee Cecil Sapp (RB, Colorado State) David Neal (MAC) 58,302Results/Attendance http://www.libertybowl.org/history/resultsattendance AutoZone Liberty Bowl December 2, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121122173830/http://www.libertybowl.org/history/resultsattendance November 22, 2012 ESPN Rich Waltz, Don McPherson, and Holly Rowe The 2000 Liberty Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game played on December 29, 2000, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The 42nd edition of the Liberty Bowl was played between the Colorado State Rams and the Louisville Cardinals. The game was sponsored by the Axa Equitable Life Insurance Company and was branded as the AXA Liberty Bowl. Colorado State won the game, 22–17; Colorado State running back Cecil Sapp, the game's MVP, ran for a career-high 160 yards and a touchdown.Colorado St. 22, Louisville 17 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/recaps/2000/12/29/llh_cco/ https://web.archive.org/web/20010124062600/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/recaps/2000/12/29/llh_cco/ dead January 24, 2001 Sports Illustrated December 2, 2012 References Liberty Bowl Category:Colorado State Rams football bowl games Category:Louisville Cardinals football bowl games Category:Liberty Bowl